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Ty Rattie, Olli Jokinen and Chris Porter were made healthy scratches for game one of the Blues' first round series against Minnesota.

Rattie, 22, played in just 11 games with the Blues this season. He was St. Louis' second round pick in 2011. Jokinen, 36, has played for three different teams this season (Nashville, Toronto, St. Louis). He only managed to score four goals and 10 points in 62 games. Porter, 30, had one goal and two points in 24 games in 2014-15. Apr 16 - 9:36 PM

Vladimir Tarasenko was injured Monday and he won't play Thursday, so Rattie will join the Blues against Calgary. He was just named the AHL Player of the Week after he produced two goals and seven points in three games. Rattie has one assist in five NHL outings this year. Apr 1 - 1:59 PM

Ty Rattie will be a healthy scratch Friday, but coach Ken Hitchcock has been impressed by his progress.

"Getting better and better," Hitchcock said. "Starting to exercise some of his strengths. He's a really smart offensive player and the more time he spends up here, he's learning to play the NHL game." Rattie had an assist on Dmitrij Jaskin's game-winning goal against Buffalo on Thursday to give him his first career NHL point. Feb 6 - 3:36 PM

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Vladimir Tarasenko was injured Monday and he won't play Thursday, so Rattie will join the Blues against Calgary. He was just named the AHL Player of the Week after he produced two goals and seven points in three games. Rattie has one assist in five NHL outings this year.

Ty Rattie will be a healthy scratch Friday, but coach Ken Hitchcock has been impressed by his progress.

"Getting better and better," Hitchcock said. "Starting to exercise some of his strengths. He's a really smart offensive player and the more time he spends up here, he's learning to play the NHL game." Rattie had an assist on Dmitrij Jaskin's game-winning goal against Buffalo on Thursday to give him his first career NHL point.

Ty Rattie was impressive in a 6-5 overtime loss between the Blues' and Red Wings' rookies Friday night.

He scored a goal and registered two assists in the contest. The Blues like the way Rattie has matured physically and as a player since they drafted him three years ago and believe he is on the cusp of making the NHL. Even with Jaden Schwartz unsigned at the moment, Rattie will have a tough time cracking the Blues' roster out of training camp. But he should be one of, if not the first, call up should the team suffer an injury.

Chicago Wolves coach John Anderson believes that Ty Rattie will be in the NHL sooner rather than later.

"I think he's right on the cusp," Anderson said. "The one thing about Ty is he's a very coachable young man. He's a great person. He is a great scorer, but usually scorers get that reputation where they don't want to listen. But he's the exact opposite. He wants to do what it takes to get there. He's just a pleasure to coach." Rattie amassed 31 goals and 48 points in 72 games with with the Wolves last year. He didn't pick up a point in two appearances with the Blues. St. Louis has a deep roster, so it's likely that Rattie will begin the year in the minors again.

Ty Rattie has the potential to wage a real competitive battle to join the Blues out of training camp, as the 21 year-old sniper has made strides in his development lately.

The Blues are pretty deep at forward but that might not stop Rattie, who had a solid rookie season in the AHL. The fast, crafty, and lethally offensive forward is nearly ready to be unleashed in the NHL.

Ty Rattie will be among 23 players that St. Louis will feature in Traverse City, Mich. from Sept. 5-9 at another prospects tournament.

Forward Dmitrij Jaskin, defenseman Jani Hakanpaa and goaltender Jordan Binnington are other players on the Blues' roster to keep an eye on. Rattie and Jaskin aren't far away from being NHLers, but the depth on St. Louis will probably place them both in the minors to start the year.

The Blues will give prospects Ty Rattie and Dmitrij Jaskin chances to make to the opening-night roster.

Rattie was the team's second-round pick in 2011 and had 48 goals and 110 points in the WHL's regular season. He added 20 more goals and 36 more points in 21 playoff games. Jaskin put up 46 goals and 99 points in the QMJHL last season. Blues general manager Doug Armstrong wants to see these guys make an impact at the NHL level very soon. "(Rattie's) going to get a very good look in training camp and he's going to get a look with some of our better players," Armstrong said. "It's a big step from junior hockey to the NHL. He's a talented goal scorer and he's scored at every level. He'll get a look and if he's ready to play, he'll play. That will be the same with Jaskin."

"It's a great feeling to know that all your hard work, all of your team's hard work, finally paid off," Rattie said. "To lift that trophy was a surreal feeling." He had 20 goals and 36 points in 21 postseason contests after recording 48 goals and 110 points in 62 regular season games. He'll be worth keeping an eye on during the Blues' training camp.

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David Backes notched a goal and an assist in Game 4 to help the Blues even up their firs round playoff series against Minnesota.

The Blues cruised to a 6-1 victory and Backes got the scoresheet after being held pointless in his previous three outings. Backes was back with Alexander Steen and T.J. Oshie in the contest and he logged a series-high20:15 of ice time.

The Blues have re-signed Jori Lehtera for three years and $14.1 million.

Lehtera will average $4.7 million per season. He excelled last season and performed at a level far above what most hockey experts predicted. Although Lehtera tired to a degree in the second half he still put up 44 points in 75 games. Look for Lethera to move between the Blues' second and third lines next season. He is certainly worthy of a late round draft pick in hockey pools regardless of format.

St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong wants to see more from Paul Stastny going forward.

"Paul Stastny needs to be a bigger part of our group," Armstrong told Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman. "He’s our highest-paid player, we need him to be a bigger and better part of our team." Stastny had just 16 goals and 46 points in 74 games and he had just one goal in six postseason games in 2014-15.

Kyle Brodziak has signed a one-year contract worth $900K with the St. Louis Blues.

Brodziak will be entering his age-31 season when October rolls around, and accumulated just 25 goals and 56 points over the last three seasons for Minnesota. Which is a notable drop off from his combined 47 goals and 133 points with the Wild the trio of seasons prior to that. Known more for his quality defensive play, Brodziak will help to sure up the Blues' bottom six forward corps.

Alex Steen registered two assists in Saturday's 4-1 win over Minnesota in game two of their series.

Steen picked up the primary assists on both of Vladimir Tarasenko's first two goals of the game (he finished with three goals on the night). Steen has been an important part of St. Louis' offense during the season and that hasn't changed in the playoffs. The 31-year-old has a goal and three points in two playoff games this year. The series is now tied at one.

Jaden Schwartz was back with Vladimir Tarasenko and Jori Lehtera in Game 4 versus the Wild.

He didn't pick up a point in the contest, but he had three shots and a plus-1 rating. The trio was excellent for the Blues during the regular season. Schwartz didn't have a point in both games at Minnesota, but he had a goal and an assist at home to begin the series.

Now would be a good time for the Blues to do so because they are facing elimination going into game six. "Absolutely, I put it on ourselves more than what they are doing," said Ott. "Obviously they've got a good team over there and their goaltender played very well, made some key, key saves. We have to find a way to solve him. We knew it was going to be a heck of a series and now we have to go there and win a game.

The St. Louis Blues have signed Jordan Caron to a one-year, two-way deal.

Caron became an unrestricted free agent after the Colorado Avalanche decided not to qualify him. He played in 30 games with the Avalanche and Boston Bruins last season, but failed to record a single point.

Magnus Paajarvi has agreed to a one-year, $700,000 contract extension.

The deal is one-way so Paajarvi will earn that amount even if the Blues send him to the minors. He had an assist in 10 games with St. Louis and another 29 points in 36 AHL contests last season. He had filed for arbitration, but this deal obviously makes that moot.

Blues general manager Doug Armstrong said the Blues cleared out enough cap space to make sure they could sign Vladimir Tarasenko long-term.

They also did not want to be vulnerable to an offer sheet, or be forced to trade him away like the Bruins (Dougie Hamilton) and Blackhawks (Brandon Saad) did with their young stars. "This is the first year we saw the leveling off of the cap and some (teams) were hampered by that leveling off," Armstrong said. "As a market our size, we love to see the growth of game, but it's difficult for a lot of the franchises to be spending at that $70-plus million … selfishly we were happy to see that there was a leveling off."

The St. Louis Blues have acquired Troy Brouwer, Pheonix Copley and a 2016 third round pick from the Washington Capitals in exchange for T.J. Oshie.

Brouwer had 21 goals and 43 points in 82 contests in 2014-15. He's a clear step down from Oshie from an offensive perspective, but he does play a more physical game. We don't believe this trade will meaningfully alter Brouwer's fantasy value.

Patrik Berglund generated a goal and added an assist in Game 4's 6-1 win over Minnesota.

It was a tough season offensively for the 26-year-old Swede, but he's been productive in the playoffs with two goals and four points in four games. Berglund is also tied for first with a plus-5 rating. He skated with Paul Stastny and Dmitrij Jaskin in the match.

St. Louis got a lift in Game 4 when Ryan Reaves scored his first goal since Mar. 1.

He opened the scoring in the Blues' 6-1 victory over Minnesota. "That goal was huge," coach Ken Hitchcock said. "Everyone is so excited when 'Reavo' scores, and when that line has success everybody's excited for them." Reaves had six goals and 116 penalty minutes in 81 games during the regular season.

The Blue Jackets have been busy this summer trying to acquire a defenseman.

According to Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Post-Dispatch, the Blue Jackets were involved in trade talks for Dougie Hamilton before he got dealt to the Flames, they made an offer for Paul Martin before he accepted one from the Sharks, and they have contacted the Blues about Kevin Shattenkirk. General manager Jarmo Kekalainen "won’t rush the process just to add a body," and thinks the group is good enough if healthy.

When asked about what St. Louis has to do to get back into their first round series against Minnesota, Alex Pietrangelo said "win the next game".

The Blues find themselves facing elimination going into Sunday's game six action in Minnesota. "We've still got two hockey games to play," said Pietrangelo. "We're not going to hang our heads here, we know we've got to play better. We'll take a hard look at ourselves and get ready for game six."

Jay Bouwmeester admitted that he never got back to 100% in 2014-15 after suffering a groin injury on Nov. 22.

"I didn't really feel like myself for a good part of the year," Bouwmeester said. "I didn't have a very good year especially after that happened." He had two goals and 13 points in 72 contests last season after recording 37 points in his previous campaign. He feels fine now though and it wouldn't be shocking to see him bounce back in 2015-16.

Terms were not disclosed. Butler was a frequent scratch in 2014-15 and will likely find himself in the pressbox quite often again this season. With nine points in 33 games Butler is not a fantasy asset.

Brian Elliott admitted it was tough for him to finish the season on the bench.

"It's not easy when you play all year and then you're just sitting on the bench and you don't really feel like you can make a difference," he said. "It's always tough for anybody when you're on the outside looking in." He added that the situation was out of his control, so it's not worth dwelling on and he'll be ready next season when he gets his chance to play. Elliott is projected to compete with Jake Allen for starts in 2015-16.

Allen will earn $2.2 million in 2015-16 and then $2.5 million the following season. That's a substantial raise over his previous two-year, $1.6 million deal. Not that it's surprising after he posted a 2.28 GAA and .913 save percentage in 37 games last season.